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March 25, 2013

SECS CUP : 5th Fundraising Golf Invitational Tournament

This Monday (March
25) was no running day for me. It was a day for golf. The Bicolano Penguin and a handful of fellow
83neans were at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf
Club for the 5th SECS Cup.

SECS stands for
School, Environment, Community and Scholarships and these are the pillars of the outreach initiatives of the Ateneo de Naga HS Batch 1983. Now on its 5th running, the SECS
Cup has contributed significantly to the funds of the batch for its efforts to
be men for others.

Thanks to the
SECS Cup, the batch has been sponsoring the tuition fees of two college
scholars at the Ateneo de Naga University: one graduating this March in
Business Administration while the other will be an Octoberian graduate this
2013 in Education. It has funded two tree planting activities in
the foothills of Mt. Asog in Buhi.

Funds from the
SECS Cup have also contributed to the batch’s outreach activity of giving out
slippers and school supplies to grade school pupils of public elementary schools
in remote yet lovely barrios in Bicol.
As of the latest count, we have visited 13 barangays
(1 in Albay, 3 in Camarines Norte and 9 in Camarines Sur) for this purpose. The 83neans will continue on this endeavour
as it allows us to get in touch more of our home region.

We are very
thankful for all the corporate sponsors and golf players who contributed to the
success of our SECS Cup.An improvement
for this year vis-à-vis the past editions of the
SECS Cup was the presence of a product
exhibit in the form of the Freshman Masculine Wash. ELEV8 Corp.
Marketing Manager Ayn Catalan and her staff were present to introduce the
product and give samples to the golfers.

We appreciate
very much the leading 83neans (Art, Fards, Jobel, Ed, Bobby, Ghibz, Rico, Bogs, Maning, Bert, Bitoy, Epok,
Meng, Danny, Butch, Jun, Franco, Jonel and Ernie to name a few) who made this SECS Cup
possible.